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#HIPHOP50: Classic Material Megamix #6 (1992)

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Blurb from Wax Poetics: In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded rap music, mixed by Chris Read. This megamix serves as short form companion to our recent 1992 mixtape,[…]

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BBC 6 Music Ultimate Breaks & Beats Mix Now on Mixcloud

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My Ultimate Breaks & Beats tribute mix for @bbc6music’s @hueymorgan show (first aired as part of the station’s #HIPHOP50 celebration last month) has now been added to my Mixcloud. 15 minute mix containing around 30 original Funk, Soul, Disco cuts featured on the legendary UBB compilation series.  Track list: 1. Rufus Thomas – The Breakdown Part[…]

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#HIPHOP50: Classic Material Edition #6 (1992)

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Blurb from Wax Poetics: In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded rap music, mixed by Chris Read. Edition #6 in this year by year series pays tribute to the Hip Hop[…]

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Vinyl Only DJ Set at Seed Library This Friday

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This Friday! Catch me and a pile of black gold down at @seedlibraryshoreditch, basement of @onehundredshoreditch from 8 til late. Mixed bag: Neo Soul, Hip Hop, 80s Soul, Funk, Boogie, Disco and related beats. Light on the mix, heavy on the selection. All vinyl.

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#HIPHOP50: Classic Material The Breaks of 1991

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Blurb from Wax Poetics: In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded Rap music, mixed by Chris Read. Alongside the Hip Hop series, this companion Breaks series takes our re-cap[…]

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Classic Material x Apple Music for #HIPHOP50

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Happy #HIPHOP50! I’m very excited to share with you that as part of Apple Music’s Hip Hop 50 celebration, all of the 90s volumes of my Classic Material mixtape series are now available to stream officially on Apple Music!  Listen on Apple Music here.

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Manifesto in Stereo #002: Summer 2023

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I’m pleased to share with you the second volume of this new quarterly mix series, ‘Manifesto in Stereo’. The mission, or Manifesto if you like, is a simple one – to play music that is moving me right now outside the restrictions of heavily themed mixes . A proportion of[…]

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#HIPHOP50: Classic Material Bonus Mix #4 (New Jack Rap)

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Blurb from Wax Poetics: In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded Rap music, mixed by Chris Read. This fourth bonus mix follows last month’s Hip House round up with[…]

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DJ Set at Brilliant Corners Tonight

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Records packed for a last minute vinyl only midweek session at Brilliant Corners tonight. Expect mostly Jazz related stuff and little to no mixing for this one – just riding out favourite listeners all night! A little Soul, lots of Jazz Fusion, some early Nu Jazz, maybe even a touch of Disco[…]

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#HIPHOP50: Classic Material Megamix #5 (1991)

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Blurb from Wax Poetics: In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded rap music, mixed by Chris Read. This megamix serves as short form companion to our recent 1991 mixtape,[…]

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